Hiranyapani, Hiraṇyapāṇi: 5 definitions
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Hiranyapani means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Hiraṇyapāṇi (हिरण्यपाणि).—name of a householder's son: Avadāna-śataka ii.74.7 ff.
Hiraṇyapāṇi (हिरण्यपाणि).—[adjective] golden-handed.
1) Hiraṇyapāṇi (हिरण्यपाणि):—[=hiraṇya-pāṇi] [from hiraṇya > hiraṇa] mfn. (hiraṇya-) golden-handed, [Ṛg-veda]
2) [v.s. ...] g°-hoofed, [Ṛg-veda]
3) [v.s. ...] m. Name of various men, [ṢaḍvBr.; Buddhist literature]
Hiraṇyapāṇi (हिरण्यपाणि):—
1) adj. a) goldhändig: Savitar [Ṛgveda 1, 22, 5. 35, 9. 3, 54, 11. 6, 50, 8. 71, 4. 7, 38, 2.] savitṛputra [Weber’s Indische Studien 3, 459.] — b) goldhufig [Ṛgveda 8, 7, 27.] —
2) m. Nomen proprium eines Vaiśravaṇa [Ṣaḍviṃśabrāhmaṇa 5, 6.] eines andern Mannes [BURNOUF,] [Intr. 424, Nalopākhyāna]
Hiraṇyapāṇi (in Sanskrit) can be associated with the following Chinese terms:
1) 寶手比丘 [bǎo shǒu bǐ qiū]: “Hiraṇya-pāṇi” [Sanskrit personal name].
Note: hiraṇyapāṇi can be alternatively written as: hiraṇya-pāṇi.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Partial matches: Hiranya, Pani.
Full-text: Bao thu ti khau, Bao shou bi qiu, Savitriputra.
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